This
is a round robin, 17 chapter
story, based on a first
chapter by REH. All but
the REH portion was written in the
1970's. Originally scheduled
to be published serially in
several episodes in Fantasy Crossroads,
only 12 of the 17 got published.
The Necronomicon Press edition
is the first complete publication
of the story.

Originally written
by REH as a Conan story "The
Frost-Giant's Daughter"
(REH1). The story was
not accepted, so REH rewrote
it with a different hero (Amra),
and changed the title to "The
Frost King's Daughter" (REH2).
When published by The Fantasy Fan, they
changed the title to "Gods of the
North."
L. Sprague de Camp found the original
manuscript, but extensively rewrote
it, and called it "The Frost Giant's Daughter"
(REH/LSDC).

"Spears of Clontarf"
was rejected by SOLDIERS
OF FORTUNE and Howard rewrote the
story, adding more of a weird atmosphere.
It was more than just changing a
name here and there, he actually rewrote
the story, giving
it a new
title, "The Grey God Passes."
Under this title it was
rejected by WEIRD TALES. In hopes
of salvaging *something* from
the whole affair, REH wrote an entirely
new, contemporary horror tale titled
"The Cairn on the Headland" which was based
on some of the same elements. Baen published "The Grey God
Passes" under its working title, "The Twilight
of the Grey Gods"